Three co-mayors taken into custody in Amed

by Orsola Casagrande | 21st October 2019 9:59 am

Co-mayors of Amed Metropolitan Municipality Selçuk Mızraklı, Kayapınar, Bismil and Kocaköy Municipality have been arrested.

 

Amed Metropolitan Municipality co-mayor Selçuk Mızraklı, Kayapınar Municipality co-mayor Keziban Yılmaz, Bismil co-mayor Orhan Ayaz have been detained this morning.

As part of the political genocide operation, police raided the houses of the 4 co-mayors in the morning and took the four elected representatives into custody.

The co-mayors were ordered to be arrested within the frame of an investigation against them.

Bismil and Kayapınar municipalities were cordon off by the police blockade.

It was learned that the staff and municipal executives in Kayapınar Municipality were not allowed into the building and were told that a trustee will be appointed.

Source URL: https://globalrights.info/2019/10/three-co-mayors-taken-into-custody-in-amed/

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